Writer's Resources : From Paragraph to Essay

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The best way to learn to write well is through the use of clear examples and abundant practice. WRITER'S RESOURCES: FROM PARAGRAPH TO ESSAY helps develop students' confidence and skills as writers by presenting concepts in simple, clear fashion, and reinforcing them with numerous student peer examples and frequent practice exercises that allow students the opportunity to apply what they have learned. Using four student peers who share their advice and examples of writing throughout the book, this paragraph-to-essay level text teaches students the fundamentals of the writing process, including paragraph and essay structure and development and rhetorical patterns. The authors impart the essentials of grammar and mechanics by providing the kind of peer encouragement and supportive learning environment that will help your students take the risks necessary to become better writers. Along with a myriad of additional exercises and activities on the available Writer's Resources CD-ROM and the web-based learning system ThomsonNOW?, WRITER'S RESOURCES: FROM PARAGRAPH TO ESSAY will help your students improve their writing and develop their own distinct writer's voice.

Getting Started

The Power of Language

The Challenge Ahead

Writing Paragraphs and Essays

First Steps: Generating Ideas

Writing a Paragraph

The Structure of the Paragraph

Writing an Essay

The Structure of the Essay

Rhetorical Patterns

Description

Narration

Illustration or Example

Process Analysis

Cause and Effect

Comparison and Contrast

Definition

Classification

Summary

Analysis and Division

Argument and Persuasion

Writing Elements & Skills

Parts of Speech

Spelling

Problem Words

Capitalization

Word Choice

Identifying Subjects and Verbs

Subject/Verb Agreement

Verb Tenses

Sentence Types

Fragments

Run-ons

Sentence Combining

Sentence Variety

Commas

Apostrophes

Pronoun Agreement

Pronoun Reference and Case

Semicolons & Colons

Modifiers

Parallelism

Proofreading for English Errors

READINGS

"Why White Lies Hurt,"

"Not in Our Town,"

"Friends and Healers,"

"It's a Flat World After All,"

"Growing Through a Phase,"

"What's Your Emotional IQ?"

"Jordan is Never Afraid of Failure,"

"Crack and the Box,"

"Breaking Bad Habits: How to Stop Doing the Same Destructive Thing Over . . . and Over?and Over,"